Garment hanger



April 25, 1944' R. E. KEARNs 2,347,414.

GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 18, 1943 Patented A132225, 1944 c vv2,347,414

Richard E. Kearns, Detroit, Mich., assgnor; to American Box Board Company, Grand Rapids,

Mich., a corporation of Michiganj Application January 1s, 194s, serial No. 472,693

2 Claims. (Cl. 22S-8 7) This invention relates to garment hangers particularly of the coat hanger type, though the invention is applicable to other types of hangers and is not to be restricted to coat hangers.

The present invention has for its primary object and purpose the production of a garment hanger at a minimum of cost. It is common practice at garment cleaning and pressing establishments to return the garments hanging on hangers which after their one use in this manner may be discarded. The use of light metal Wire hangers for this purpose has been very com mon. At the present time the use of metal for such purposes is practically prohibited. My invention is directed to the production of a hanger which can be made as cheaply or cheaper than the previous wire hangers so that it may be used the one time and thereafter discarded if desired though the hanger is of a serviceable type and may be used more than once.

To these ends I have produced a hanger made preferably entirely from paper board or similar material and in a manner that little waste of material occurs. 'I'he hanger is made of two parts which may be threaded together and held in operative position; and the parts of the hanger may be shipped separated one from the other, reducing to a minimum the space required in transportation, and when they are to be used the two parts of the hanger may be very quickly and readily joined in operative relation to each other.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is an elevation of an embodiment of my invention showing the two parts of the hanger assembled.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the lower end portion of the hook member.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the plane of line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an elevation similar to that shown in Fig. 1 of a diierent but equivalent form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of the central portion of the body member of such hanger, and

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the plane of line 6--6 of Fig. 4.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different gures of the drawing.

In the form of hanger illustrated in Fig. l the body member I of the hanger has an elevated central portion from which arms 2 extend in opposite directions. At the under side of the middle portion of said body member a portion of the material, which is of a paper board stock preferably, is cut away leaving a relatively long recess 3 as shown.

The hook member by which the body member is to be suspended includes a shank 4 terminating at its upper portion in a curved hook 5 open at its lower side in the usual manner. The shank portion 4 toward its lower end is provided with a pair of slots 6 positioned approximately vertical though preferably inclined slightly toward each other, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving between them a band 'I integral with the hook member.

The hook member and the body member are assembled by inserting the free end of one of the arms 2 through a slot 6 to pass underneath the intervening band 'I and then through the opposite slot 6 and moving the body member to position such that a vertical center line ofthe band 'I is substantially in the same vertical plane with the center of suspension of the hook 5. The length of the slots .6 is slightly greater than the distance from the upper edge of the central part of the body member I to the upper edge of the recess at 3.

In assembling the parts as described the band portion 'I is pressed away from the adjacent parts of the shank 4 of the hook member providing a frictional engagement of the two parts of the hanger as is evident,

In Fig. 4 the body member I 0 of the hanger with its oppositely extended arms II is cut midway between its ends on the parallel lines indicated at I2 which at each end are turned sub- I stantially at right angles and continued toward the opposite edges of the member IIJ leaving tongues I3 connected to the member I I) at an edge paralleling the horizontal cuts at I2. Between said tongues there is left a horizontal band I4. The hook I5 at its lower end is provided with two oppositely extending horizontal portions I6. The hook is fed at its curved upper end over the lower tongue I3, under the intervening band I4 and thence over the upper tongue I5, the tongues being bent outwardly (Fig. 6) and the band I4 forced in the opposite direction. The projections at I6 provide stops for the hook member at the lower side of said band I4 yas shown in Fig. 4. This construction of hanger is a reversal of parts with respect to that shown in Fig. 1, the equivalent of the slots in the hook member in Fig. 1 being provided in the body member I0 of the last described structure.

'In both of these forms waste of material is reduced to a minimum. Both the hook and body members of the hanger are made from flat stock and occupy only the space that the dimensions of the members require, there being no projecting portions requiring additional space which is not fully occupied. The frictional holding of the hook members tol their respective body members eliminates any necessity of securing the parts otherwise against detachment or undesired change of position, `The garment hangers are very low inv cost,` beingmade of a cheap material with a minimum of waste and with a minimum of shipping space required in transportation.

The connection of the two hanger parts, when.

the hanger is to be used is quick and easyrequiring no tools or any maehineoperationsafter assembly. e

The invention is dened in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensiveof all forms y of structure coming Within their scope.

10the lower end part of the suspending member at the outer sides of said slots and under the band located between said slots, as specified.

2. A .garment hanger containing the elements 'incombination defined in claim 1, said body i115', member'at 'itsilowerfedge and substantially mid- Vway betweenitsrends having an upwardly ex- Y 'tended'recess,. the length of which is greater than the width of--said band.

' RICHARD E. KEARNS. 

